Consoles and Cultures

@GG well I will try to put this thread back on track fingers crossed before it turns into another flame war thread. I think MS want more Japanese type games on their console after all they are gearing up for the Chinese market.

Ori and the blind forest is definitely a stab at this, the game is obviously influenced by Japanese video games of the past. Even the developer said he grew up playing the likes of Mario and Sonic.

Microsoft need to diversify more from the likes of Halo and Gears etc.

Sony could have 1000 games.

They've had no choice but to throw a smokescreen's worth of last gen games onto the PS 4 to cover up the fact that "Killzone" is really the only next gen game worth playing.

Better exclusives. You can throw "Dead Rising 3", "Ryse: Son Of Rome" into the pile of better exclusives and as groggy Sony stuck it's head back up "Titanfall" and "Plants vs Zombies" smacked it in the face.

So I remain 100% correct when I point out that the XBox ONE has the better exclusives and more next gen games.

Because of this "Games" aren't really a debate Sonyboyz really try and get into when you're talking "Next Gen".

That's why Resolution was such a popular complaint thread for so many Silver members in the past. When it came to last gen games, it was the only area the more powerful PS 4 console was actually able to surpass the XBox ONE.

Unfortunately that pony's been well and truly whipped by "Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition" running at 1080p and 60fps on the ONE.

Just ONE more reason that there's only ONE.

Taboo raises a really important point.

When it comes to video games Sony is as "American" in the USA as "Microsoft", "Sega" or "Nintendo" being such a massive brand.

Unfortunately this Generation has been an absolute disaster for them with Microsoft's console offering better exclusives and more Next Gen games but fortunately for Sony's sake most of their sales were made on the reputation of past accomplishments and the
expectation that they ought to be able to deliver again this next time round.

Whereas Japanese gamers might pride themselves culturally on buying a "Japanese" console, Sony's greatest trick in the West has been to market itself as an "American Product" in an "American Market" when it comes to games.

Early on in this latest gen the PS 4 was able to offer us the best of Last Gen in 1080p but it seems that developers are getting to grips with the complexity of the ONE's software much quicker than last gen and the PS 3 and now we see "Diablo III: The Infernal
Edition" releasing on the ONE in 1080p at 60fps.

Even though Sony have sold well on the strength of their brand name, with better exclusives, more next gen games and now also featuring the best of Last Gen in 1080p it looks like there's only ONE before this generation's even really started.

Wrong again NXT. There is no such thing as a Foreign car! Those hybrid cars are designed, developed and made in in the USA, by American workers, for the American market. So what makes them foreign? The only cars that you can technically say is foreign are
cars that are developed and made overseas and shipped here, which are usually going to be brands like Ferrari, Lamborghini etc.. but even then those cars are designed for the American market first, because they have too, its the biggest market and has the
strictest crash tests. So whats foreign about it? As far as consoles go, again PS4 was made designed for the American gamer, with an American that designed the whole thing! So whats foreign about it? To top it off both the ps4 and X1 are manufactured overseas.
You are wrong and I'm right!

@randver

I read that list and. well I have 0 games on it. Not much interest in any of them at all. You might see variety but I see a list of stuff I don't want. And yes I like variety. I play anything but a JRPG and RTS. also stealth has grown to bore me. In other
words, we all have different taste in games, and yes it could be from cuture in a way, but there isn't a definitive "better" game then another. its all opinions. Personally I prefer western games by a lot.